furelise wrote:hey guys, i have a question about ep 1... there was this part which confused me:

the part where the guy gave the cheque for 2 billion.. they showed the amount printed in the bank book... doesnt that mean that the money has been transferred over? since cheques usually take about 1-2 days to clear... before they are cleared the amount will not be shown in the balance right?

hope someone who understood can explain it for me. thanks!

I read about the explanation in the manga... You can check it out here (page 12-16, I think)

furelise wrote:hey guys, i have a question about ep 1... there was this part which confused me:

the part where the guy gave the cheque for 2 billion.. they showed the amount printed in the bank book... doesnt that mean that the money has been transferred over? since cheques usually take about 1-2 days to clear... before they are cleared the amount will not be shown in the balance right?

hope someone who understood can explain it for me. thanks!

I read about the explanation in the manga... You can check it out here (page 12-16, I think)

thanks for the manga link i just went thru those few pages... this "special bill" seems like such a huge loophole i guess it's fictional?

also, anyone else found Tsurara very annoying?

first, she set the police on kurosagi, then she topped it off by slapping him couldnt she see that he was trying to help her uncle? and he saved her life too. and she kept going on about morals when she didnt have a solution anyway. so darn annoying

first, she set the police on kurosagi, then she topped it off by slapping him couldnt she see that he was trying to help her uncle? and he saved her life too. and she kept going on about morals when she didnt have a solution anyway. so darn annoying

A bit.

Her character's first appearance in the manga was just the same (annoying) -- she didn't believe Kurosaki could help and yet she didn't know what to do either.

But I'm expecting more from her character in the future episodes. I think it would be very interesting to see the progress of her relationship with Kurosaki

I just watched half of the first eps (no subs of course so I had no idea what they where besides a few words. So it could nearly be classed as a perve fest, but I genuinely wanted to watch it, not just check out Yamapi). It was really good, from what I saw it wasn't as 'soapish' as some of them can be.

I especially loved the bit where Tsurara got knocked onto the tracks and everything went into slow motion. That was really effective. And then when Kurosagi goes to save her and they do the classic 'stare into each others face' thing. That'll win Yamapi a few new fan girls.

And Maki is such a beautiful girl. I like her becuase she's not all cutesy like a lot of japanese actresses her age. Most of them go over kill sometimes with the cuteness, she has the look if she wanted to but she doesnt do it thank god. She has a very calssical look to her and these gorgeous big brown eyes. And no, I'm not a guy.

Someone mentioned earlier in the thread, i cant remember who, but they said even though Kurosagi is suppose to be a grown-up salary man, Yamapi still manages to look like a high school student. Maybe its because we're so used to it, but he looks somewhat out of place to me because I'm so use to the school uniform. But thats not to say I'm not enjoying him in the drama, I think he's great, even though he looks 12. He's llucky though because he'll be thanking his lucky stars when he's 40 and still looks 30 years old.

Now all I have to do is wait for those lovely people who sub it. Bless you preciously subing people!

I especially loved the bit where Tsurara got knocked onto the tracks and everything went into slow motion. That was really effective. And then when Kurosagi goes to save her and they do the classic 'stare into each others face' thing. That'll win Yamapi a few new fan girls.

I just finished watching the 1st episode, with sub of course and woOow it was really good!! i really enjoyed the 1st episode & YamaPi's acting was good as well...can't wait to watch episode2, it seems very interesting..

hi guys! yay finally i watch kurosagi episode 1..though u some of u guys mybe on ur way to watch the 2nd episode of kurosagi..i like the train scene in episode 1...tsurara & kurosagi.. waaa
this time we can see more of maki-chan kawaii face n that sweet smile she cant do as nobuta-chan

Already friday..how time flies..lo Well actually for me it was somewhat a really slow killer week..The anticipation of the next eps of Kurosagi,Attention Please and Gal Circle been driving me batty..lol..Common ep2..Cannot wait to watch it..

sidenote: Common Yamapi, make me belive you can make yourself look like a salaryman/30+ yr old guy instread of looking like you have a really bad disguise on..lol..That was just too funny for me..

Just finished watchin ep2 and damn..soo great..but still, even after ep1, Maki still as annoying as ever and most of the time either crying or depressed..lol..but she is still cute..hehe..

Way to go kurosagi.You even destroyed your friend, but he had it coming I guess.Just a observation but too much plot holes.Really convenient to have the bro of the shirosagi date Tsurara's friend yukari.Gotta say that is just to convenient but I guess it helps set up the chara of yukari (another love of mine Ichikawa Yui )..One thing about kurosagi this time, his fashion sense, whenever he goes in disguise is waaay to bizzare cus of the pink and the weird ass combination he was wearing

The last scene was nicely done.Seriousness with a bit of heart wrenching pain..And omg that tear from the eye..I couldn't help but laugh,I didn't want to laugh but that definitely looked like a nice CGI tear..The nice arc flow of the tear.Well to me looked fake but not sure if it was real..could have been who knows..

sidenote Ichikawa Yui,Horitika Maki

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How is Maki's character related to the family in eps 1? She called him ojisan and is wife obachan. So he's not her dad and not her brother. Did she even live there? I've rewatched eps 1 (subbed) a couple times but never caught any explanation there.

Eps 2 I've only watched RAW so I can only guess what they're doing. Really like the series so far and not just b/c of YamaPi although him and Maki were my initial reasons to watch.

But Kurosaki is really building up on enemies. Its only eps 2 and he's already swindled his friend. Just makes you wonder when that guy is gonna take revenge on him in a later eps, maybe?

shortcake wrote:How is Maki's character related to the family in eps 1? She called him ojisan and is wife obachan. So he's not her dad and not her brother. Did she even live there? I've rewatched eps 1 (subbed) a couple times but never caught any explanation there.

shortcake wrote:How is Maki's character related to the family in eps 1? She called him ojisan and is wife obachan. So he's not her dad and not her brother. Did she even live there? I've rewatched eps 1 (subbed) a couple times but never caught any explanation there.

I don't think that friend will be in anymore episodes. That was probably just for one episode. I was happy when Kurosaki got him, ahahha.

ahhhh and about the tear.. maybe they used that stuff where you put it under your eyes so it makes you cry? or maybe he really squeezed one out? Who knows. lmao.

the people in the 1st episode were friends? relatives? I dunno.

Next week looks promising as well. Good series so far.

I can answer on the tear thing, it's real. Yamapi wrote in his blog that he was imagening one of his good friend has died so he could cry. Maybe he's not used to crying scene yet. I hope he's getting better.

oh! I'm so excited now! I have to download it! My internet at home is off line right now while I get broadband installed in my bedroom so I can only watch it at work Which means every 5 seconds I have to pause it and pretend I'm doing something work-related. *shakes head* so annoying, having to stop and start ever time someone walks past.
I cant get bittorrent on my work computer so i have to watch it on 'youtube'. no ones subbed it yet so I can only understand a few words. dame ne. I havent watched the 2nd eps yet, I'll have to wait untill the afternoon when theres no work to do. so excited now! so he cries huh? such a sensitive new age guy.... hehehe

I told myself not to watch the episode without the subtitles. BUT I HAD TO! T__T I just couldn't wait. And I ended up understanding pretty much nothing. But that's okay. Now I can wait for the subs peacefully. ^^

And because I couldn't understand the speaking, I didn't understand why Maki's character was moving next to Yamapi's. Where did she live before?

I liked Yamapi's tear thingy. Almost made me cry. (well that's not hard..)

Ahhh~~~ Just finished the first episode with subs. I've been keeping my eyes on this show for awhile now. But I got busy in the last week and a half and I couldn't download it. Now that I've seen it, I really really like it. It's awesome.

YamaP's character is so much different from Akira in Nobuta. wo Produce. And he looks so AWESOME~!!!! *squeals like a fan-girl*

*ahem...* I think the concept is really cool. I think they're doing the same thing they did for Byakuyakou when they matched up Yamada Takayuki and Ayase Haruka. Now they're using Horikita Maki and YamaP. The chemistry is great. I love the part when Kurosagi goes to save her on the train tracks... It looks so good =).

Love Angel wrote:why it's 16.9%?!! People said that the 2nd episode is better

i find that ratings are a reflection of the reception of the previous episode. episode 2 was definitely better, so i expect episode 3 to get higher ratings.

my thoughts on episode 2~~

everyone seems to think that was just another kurosagi conquer, but i thought episode 2 was really a lot deeper and went much further. kurosagi didn't swindle satoshi because he was an akasagi, but because he was his friend. he didn't want satoshi to go down the same path which led to everything that kurosagi has become now. i found the whole episode was about the strength of friendship - it wasn't that kurosagi was so ruthless that he'd swindle his own friend. it was almost like he was offering satoshi a kind of salvation.

note that ironically, when satoshi was with kurosagi, everything was genuine. their friendship was real, and beautiful, and heartwrenching. imagine the pain kurosagi would have gone through, to betray his best friend.

the fence analogy was way sad though~ when kurosagi was told to cross the fence at the end to save satoshi, and kurosagi remembers satoshi crossing the fence in high school to be with him, yet refused to because kurosagi is after all, a swindler.

Wooo!! YamaPi is the man. The first episode rocked. The best was when he was dressed up as a Janitor, and took the wig, mustache combo off. He looked HOTT in that outfite (but then again it was YamaPi's).

I was a bit shocked though when I saw the girl from Nobuta wo Produce acting as someone esle and not Nobuta, but I still think she's a great actress.

am still wondering, why is the rating 4 the 2nd ep is 16.9%???
I watched the RAW an d I couldnt understand everything, but I cried a lot TT__TT and I cant wait to watch it again with the hard subbs 2day!

Merenge_5 wrote:Does anybody know if there is the new hardsubbed file also on a cb ?`I'd really like to watch it with the subs, but I only know how to download trough cb! Or do I have to wait until it's on a cb?

Episode 2 was a heart-wrencher...and it made me tear up quite a bit. Yamapi delivers another outstanding performance in this one, and Koyama did very well conveying Satoshi as well. =)

I don't want to give away anything, because this episode is VERY good (in my opinion), but I just have to say that the last part of episode 2 was rather sad...and it made me feel really bad. My recommendation is to watch this episode ASAP (props to Kioku-LS for the AWESOME subs!)! It's SUCH a good episode, and the acting is top notch.

On a side note, Kurosaki/Yamapi's "bang" gesture...is SO Akira-esque (from Nobuta). <3 I LOVE it. Ahahahha...gotta love the way he says it, his facial expression, and his hand gestures.

Wasn’t sure about yamshita in this drama at first but after seeing the second ep ahh~
i can tell its only gonna get better and better.

about the second ep:

the last sceen with him and tsurara was perfect, thought it was funny too that he ended up being the landlord, maybe its just me but her character seemed a little less annoying I’m starting to see where she’s coming from emotionally

cant help at times that yamapi looks a little young for his character, with him being in bars and clubs all the time (though i know he’s legal to do so in japan) maybe its because i just got finished seeing him in nobuta as akira and to see him jump from a high school student to a older swindler "man about town"" seems a little weird O_O;

I also like his "bang" gesture it's like in nobuta wo produce so cuute!!I really hope that he and Maki end up together ><!! But I hope she changes because she's so annoying!!
When is the third ep. out? Today?